Acting

Michael Kenneth Williams

Born: November 22, 1966
Died: September 6, 2021 (aged 54)
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 104 titles

Biography

Michael Kenneth Williams (November 22, 1966 – September 6, 2021) was an American actor. He played Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008 and Albert "Chalky" White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire from 2010 to 2014. Williams was raised in the Vanderveer Projects in East Flatbush, Brooklyn and attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School. Later, Williams enrolled at the National Black Theatre in New York City.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

The Incredible Hulk

2008

12 Years a Slave

2013

Assassin's Creed

2016

Ghostbusters

2016

The Purge: Anarchy

2014

RoboCop

2014

The Road

2009

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Gone Baby Gone

2007

The Sopranos

1999

The Wire

2002

Inherent Vice

2014

That Awkward Moment

2014

Snitch

2013

Triple 9

2016

Community

2009

Motherless Brooklyn

2019

The Gambler

2014

Acting credits 101

Year	Title	Role
2025	Fame and Fentanyl Film	Self (archive footage)
2024	The Brown Dog Film	Nobody
2023	Surrounded Film	Will Clay
2022	Breaking Film	Eli Bernard
2021	Dark Side of the 90's TV	Self (10 ep)
2021	Body Brokers Film	Wood
2021	Lines Film
2020	Critical Thinking Film	Mr. Roundtree
2020	Lovecraft Country TV	Montrose Freeman (10 ep)
2020	Arkansas Film	Almond
2020	Beastie Boys Story Film	Self
2019	Motherless Brooklyn Film	Trumpet Man
2019	The Tamron Hall Show TV	Self - Guest (1 ep)
2019	The Red Sea Diving Resort Film	Kabede Bimro
2019	When They See Us TV	Bobby McCray (4 ep)
2019	Rematch Film	Failure
2019	The Public Film	Jackson
2018	SuperFly Film	Scatter
2018	La route de la soif TV	Self (2 ep)
2017	Drop the Mic TV	Self (1 ep)
2017	When We Rise TV	Ken Jones (4 ep)
2016	Assassin's Creed Film	Moussa
2016	When the Bough Breaks Film	Roland White
2016	Black Market: Dispatches TV	Himself - Host (10 ep)
2016	The Land Film	Pops
2016	Ghostbusters Film	Agent Hawkins
2016	The Night Of TV	Freddy Knight (6 ep)
2016	Black Market TV	Self - Host (12 ep)
2016	Hap and Leonard TV	Leonard Pine (18 ep)
2016	Triple 9 Film	Sweet Pea
2016	Anesthesia Film	Jeffrey
2015	Captive Film	Detective John Chestnut
2015	Time Out of Mind Film	Mike
2015	The Spoils Before Dying TV	Rock Banyon (6 ep)
2015	Bessie Film	Jack Gee
2014	The Gambler Film	Neville Baraka
2014	Inherent Vice Film	Tariq Khalil
2014	Rand University Film	Narrator
2014	The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire Film	Self
2014	Kill the Messenger Film	Ricky Ross
2014	The Purge: Anarchy Film	Carmelo
2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver TV	Richard Sackler (1 ep)
2014	RoboCop Film	Jack Lewis
2014	That Awkward Moment Film	Omar Little
2013	Lucas Bros. Moving Co. TV	Satan (1 ep)
2013	The Devil Goes Down Film	The Devil
2013	12 Years a Slave Film	Robert
2013	They Die by Dawn Film	Nat Love
2013	Jim Norton: American Degenerate Film	Himself
2013	Picasso Baby Film	Self
2013	VICE TV	Self - Correspondent (1 ep)
2013	Snitch Film	Malik
2013	LUV Film	Detective Holloway
2012	Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 Film	Sgt. James
2012	You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You Film	Ad
2012	The Wire: The Musical Film	Omar Little
2012	Finding Your Roots TV	Self (1 ep)
2011	The Cookout 2 Film	Cable Guy Mike
2011	The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll Film	Sonnyboy
2010	Detroit 1-8-7 TV	Clarence Warrenton (1 ep)

Crew credits 4

Year	Title	Job
2017	Shelter Film	Executive Producer
2016	Black Market TV	Executive Producer (12 ep)
2014	Bro Film	Executive Producer
2012	Snow on tha Bluff Film	Executive Producer